Really diggin that Viper. Guess there's more than a few variants on him? Not sure why Sears has a buncha toys, but I might just cave and pull the trigger. Hopefully he finds a place somewhere safe in the POC line. I'd gladly army build this guy.

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I picked up a couple of the blue Firebats from that wave but not on clearance. Definitely a cool arctic vehicle.

I agree. I hated everything about this thing when I first saw pics, but found a clearanced one at WM and I really dig it after cracking it open - not sure about the overly tall pilot though. Really nice "upgrade" Hasbro even though the wings can't completely fold up.

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I actually was looking for a Pit cheap at one point, thinking I'd just gut it into something very non-vehicle. It actually went fast here if it went cheap. Now I look at it as a waste of space for a project I probably wouldn't have finished anytime in the near future.

The Pit didn't sell well here but did move on clearance. I don't recall how far it dropped at the various stores, but it didn't hang around too long.

The Night Raven surprises me somewhat. It's not a terrible ship, it has some cool play features and is of a decent size, but it just didn't sell well at all. Part of it, I'm sure, was the price. It wasn't grossly expensive, but I think maybe there was some lack of perceived value. I scored one cheap, maybe in the $10 range IIRC, on clearance at Walmart and I had a $5 gift card. I didn't care for the pump action shotgun feature but it's not bad.

I see what Hasbro tried to do with the Pit and I think it's great that they took a shot, but I thought it looked kind of flimsy as a playset and too big as a vehicle.

For good or bad, though, I think that's a model that the SW team could have used for a Sail Barge. Close it up, have some deck play features and then open it up into a couple of levels for your Jabba to hang out in, a band pit, bar for R2 to restock his drink dispenser from, maybe some prison cells. Unfortunately, I don't think it was big success for Hasbro and they even stated in a Q&A that the Pit design ideas weren't something they'd try with the Star Wars line. I don't recall if they were specifically addressing that to a question about a Sail Barge, but it's possible.

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Speaking of the Pit - I find it hilarious that about 1 month ago TRU.com had it on sale for $25 - and now it is back up to $99 online and is also once again on the shelves at my local store for the $99

They are probably hoping with Christmas right around the corner to get some sales at the higher price point.

Anyways, I agree that the PIT format could have worked for a Sail Barge to a certain extent. I almost bought one to convert into a fan fiction Sandcrawler design, but never did. Too many other things were out at the same time.

TRU has a buy 1 get 2 free on ROC figs through tomorrow it looks like. Nothing but a sea of Doc/Shipwreck/Nano Vipers though so ya no thanks. Odd that they brought back a few Pits....oh and 1/2 price on POC Bravos - just no restock on new cases.

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